Discovery Box| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:2 |
| “Speak kindly to 1 Jerusalem, 2 and tell her that her time of warfare is over, 3 that her punishment is completed. 4 For the Lord has made her pay double 5 for all her sins.” |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:8 |
| The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable.” 1 |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:10 |
| Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; 1 his military power establishes his rule. 2 Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him. 3 |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:15 |
| Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts 1 the coastlands 2 as if they were dust. |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:16 |
| Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; 1 its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings. 2 |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:17 |
| All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing. 1 |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:19 |
| A craftsman casts 1 an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it. |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:20 |
| To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; 1 he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make 2 an idol that will not fall over. |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:21 |
| Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made? |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:23 |
| He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant. |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:24 |
| Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw. |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:27 |
| Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel, “The Lord is not aware of what is happening to me, 1 My God is not concerned with my vindication”? 2 |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 40:29 |
| He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy. |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 41:4 |
| Who acts and carries out decrees? 1 Who 2 summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end – I am the one. 3 |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 41:6 |
| They help one another; 1 one says to the other, ‘Be strong!’ |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 41:7 |
| The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages 1 the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, 2 and nails it down so it won’t fall over.” |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 41:14 |
| Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, 1 men of 2 Israel. I am helping you,” says the Lord, your protector, 3 the Holy One of Israel. 4 |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 41:23 |
| Predict how future events will turn out, 1 so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe. 2 |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 41:26 |
| Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it 1 ahead of time, so we could say, ‘He’s correct’? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything! |
| (0.24994429276316) | Isa 41:27 |
| I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ 1 I sent a herald to Jerusalem. 2 |
